Shoe.



E. GROSSMAN & P. MALAGRINO.

SHOE.

APPLICATION man ocT.4,1913.

1,256,476. Patented Feb.12,1918.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

EMAN'UEL GROSSMAN, OF BROOKLYN, AND PASQUALE MALAGRINO, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

SHOE.

Application filed October 4, 1913.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, EMANUEL GRossMAN and PASQUALE MALAGRrNo, citizensof the United States, and residents of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings,and New York, in the county of New York, respectively, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boots and shoes, and more particularly tomeans for fastening heels to boots and shoes.

An object of this invention is to provide improved means for positivelyholding heels to shoes or the like to prevent accidental separation byshock, torsion or other means which would pry a heel loose.

Further objects of this invention will be disclosed from the followingspecification, claim, and the drawings in which,

. Figure l is a side elevation of a shoe with parts in section, showingone form of fastening means,

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing another form of fastening means,

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of a 'shoe with the heel removed, showing theplate carried by the rear of the sole,

F ig. 4 is a similar view showing a modification of the plate used, and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view through the portions of a shoe and heeladjacent to the fastening means.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a shoe 10 to which is secureda heel 1l. This heel may be secured by shoe pegs and cement usuallyemployed for fastening heels to shoes, but to insure a strong andsubstantially secure fastening, the sole of the shoe at the rear isprovided with a plate 12 which is stamped so as tohave an elevated slot13 cut into it. This plate may be secured to the sole of the shoe bymeans of nails orother fastening` means 14, passing through said plate,sole, and inner sole, when the ends of said nails may be clenched asshown.

The heel 11 may have screws 15, as shown in Fig. 1, or nails 16, asshown in Fig. 2, se-

Specication of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 793,496.

cured in the upper concaved surface thereof, and these screws or nailshave their heads disposed to be slid in the slot 13 of the plate 12. Itis apparent that the heads of these screws or nails, as the case may be,and the plate 12 provide a positive locking means for the heel, andshoe, but to hold the heel against displacement by longitudinalmovement, the heel is further secured by shoe pegs, or nails 19. and bycementing the contiguous faces of the heel and shoe or by other knownmeans.

It may be desired to reverse the relative positions of the screws ornails, in which case the plate is fastened to the heel and the nail orscrew is fastened to the rear of the sole, and the result as to,strength and security of fastening will be the same.

Fig. 4 shows a slight modification, in which a plate 17 has a key-holeslot stamped therein, and in which slot, the heads of the screws orother fastening means are passed and slid to cause the enlarged heads toengage the edges of the constricted portion of the slot. When this plateis used there is space provided for the sliding head either by making aslight cavity in the leather upon which the plate rests or in the plateitself.

Further modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claimwithout departing from the spirit of this invention.

l-Vhat we claim as new is:-

In a shoe, a heel provided on its seat with one member cf detachablefastening means, another member of such fastening means secured to theheel seat of the shoe, and a plurality of nails permanently securing thesole of the shoe to the heel and located around the edge of the heelseat.

Signed at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and. State of N. Y. this 29thday of Sept. A. D. 1913.

EMANUEL GROSSMAN. PASQUALE MALAGRINO. Witnesses:

C. A. O. Rosen., MoLLm COHEN.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

